NHL Playoffs coverage on cruise ships?

Question

In particular we are sailing on Royal Carribean's Sovereign of the Seas on April 30th and want to know if it will be possible to see any Vancouver Canucks games. Thanks!

Answer 1

WOW I am in a similar situation leaving on a cruise in the Bahamas on the 6th of May, while it is still undetermined if they will still be there (knock on wood) I still want to know if they will play any of the games!!! I'm praying they do

Answer 2

More than likely you'll be okay. Check out the sports bar to see for sure, but I think you'll luck out.

We sailed onboard Royal Caribbean's Navigator last September and wanted to catch just a regular season Bronco game. (Native Coloradoan!!) We went to the sports bar and we lucked out. The bartender found the game for us. The reception wasn't fantastic because of the weather and the distance, but we got to see enough to make us happy.

You will not be able to see the game from your room. The televisions just run looped taped programming. Definitely check out the sports bar. Good luck and have fun!

Answer 3

I would assume so. Last summer when we were on a cruise we watched the world cup soccer from the sports bar. They have satellite tv in the staterooms as well.

Answer 4

Cruise ships generally have a sports bar where they have multiple TV's on.  Its problematic as to whether you will be able to get a hockey game.  It depends upon what is on the sports stations and it also depends upon where the ship is located at the time that the game is on TV, if it is on TV.  If its near a port city and that city has a feed you may be able to see the game.

Answer 5

I'm going to predict no.  It's not really the cruises fault rather hockey has a pretty poor TV coverage package right now.

I've noticed on my last several cruises that the ship gets the "generic" satellite coverage package (rather than from any set city) so the game would have to be

1.  on a major network that they carry (they typically only have about 20 active channels or so)

2.  the national feed for that network (rather than a regional feed)

Unfortunately hockey is highly regional and usually on a second tier cable channel.  You're odds aren't good.

I had the same issue with NFL games during weekends in the fall.  I was fairly surprised to see some coverage, but not necessarily the games I wanted.

Answer 6

the ship i was on had ESPN, but i don't know if the NHL playoff's are covered on ESPN.